As part of our ‘Chinese Virus, Global Reset’ series, StratNews Global reached out to former diplomats and strategic analysts with a set of questions to essentially get their responses on what the world order will look like post Covid-19. Former Indian foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal tells Deputy Editor Parul Chandra that post the pandemic, the existing world order will try and reorder itself in some ways and global […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In an extraordinary video-conference of leaders of G-20 countries to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday, India said it had found the World Health Organization (WHO) seriously wanting in its role. Choosing his words deliberately, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the WHO needed to be “strengthened and reformed”, with sources confirming that Modi faulted […]Read More
PUNE: Time will tell if COVID-19 defines the remainder of the 21st century. History may not hold the answers because disruption on a global scale has not been witnessed before, not even during the two world wars of the 20th century. COVID-19 transcends all barriers, geographical, physical, social and cultural. It has become personal to every individual […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Who would have thought that in the 21st century a pandemic would sweep the world forcing governments to get their people off the streets. From China to Italy and Spain, lock downs have been and are being enforced with national armed forces being deployed for this purpose, with the exception (so far) of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With the death toll rising every day and major cities in lockdown across the world, health and safety are rightly the primary concerns when dealing with the Wuhan coronavirus. But while doing so we cannot ignore the geopolitical undercurrents it has brought about. From President Donald Trump’s insistence on calling COVID-19 a “Chinese virus” […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an economic response task force under the finance minister, to deal with the crisis caused by the Chinese coronavirus. In a nationwide address broadcast by Doordarshan on Thursday evening, Modi said the task force would take into account all issues and consult all stakeholders before coming to any […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India is shutting out the world. From Sunday (March 22), no international commercial flight will be allowed into the country for a week. The flight ban is proof (if any were required) that the government will take no chances, given the rising incidence of Chinese virus infection in many parts of the world. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Is the number of random samples being tested by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) adequate to rule out community transmission of the Chinese virus? No, say many community health specialists, prescribing a drastic increase in the numbers for a clearer assessment of whether community transmission has begun. So far, the government has […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The COVID-19 pandemic means it’s time for prudence not panic, science not stigma, facts not fear, says Dr Niteen Wairagkar, a global pandemic and new viral diseases R&D expert in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi on dealing with the ‘infodemic on the pandemic’ and individual and institutional dos and don’ts. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Coronavirus appears to have passed its peak at least in China but is spreading in other parts of the world, especially Europe and the United States. In India, the number of cases has gone past 70 and can be expected to increase, says Lt. Gen. SL Narasimhan (Retd), member of the National Security […]Read More
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